Oil-distributing apparatus



(No Model.)

E. WILLIAMS. OIL DISTRIBUTING APPARATUS.

No. 434,968. Patented Aug. 26, 18910.

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UNITED STATES PATENT (harten.

EDWARD WILLIAMS, OF LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS.

OIL-DISTRlBUTING APPARATUS.

SIEGIFIGATION forming part of `Letters Patent No. 434,968, dated August r26, 1890.

`.Application filed November 15, 1889. Serial No. 330,34@ (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD WILLTAMS, a citizen .of the United States, residing at Lynn, in the county of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Oil-Distributing Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in oil-distributing apparatus in which a flexible bag, perforated at one end, contains the oil, which is forced out through said perforations in proper quantities by contraction of said bag.

The obj ect of my invention is to produce a iiexible apparatus more perfectly protected from injury than any apparatus of that class heretofore used and in which the flow of oil is more directly under control of person using same.

The accompanying` drawings are illustrations of my invention.

Figure I is a side view of the entire apparatus. Fig. 2 shows the arrangement of cords used in connection therewith. Fig. 3 is a side View of the apparatus when empty. Fig. a is a side elevation of the device for perforations.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

S represents the flexible bag containing the oil, the end A of said bag being perforated and the end B having an aperture through which the bag may be filled.

X andY are the cords or lines used to oontract the bag S. They pass freely through the loops or rings d and e, cross each other at or near the center of the bag, and are fastened to the cord h. They then pass freely through the loops or rings f and g. The arrangement of cords X, Y, and h on the other side of bag Sis similar to that just described. (See Fig. 2.) The cords X and Y are again passed through the loops or rings d and c, each crossing itself at these points, respectively, and the ends are fastened to the suspending-rope D. The ropes or cords l, m, n, and 0 pass entirely around the bag S, being held in place by rings or loops secured thereto. They are .used in connection with cords X, Y, and h to relieve bag S from the strain resulting from weight of oil and other parts of apparatus,

and by forming a net-work to protect bag S from injury.

Vhen the apparatus is filled with oil and thrown into the water for use, any sudden p pull on rope D, the weight of oil -and other parts of apparatus and resistance of Water opposing, will draw the cords X and Y through the loops or rings d and e and so contract bag S, forcing out the oil through the perforations at A. The cords X and Y, being crossed as they pass through d and e, will hold bag S in its contracted form as long as there is any strain on these cords resulting from weight of oil and other parts of apparatus. The action of Waves and lurching of boat or vessel will in many cases be sufficient to draw up cords X and Y, and so force out the oil from bag S in sufficient quantities. The bag S may be so contracted until all the oil is forced out, and bag brought into form shown in Fig. 3. The bag S maybe made of impervious material and kept full of oil and ready for use.

I use the following device for perforations and for closing same at end A of the bag S. Atube T, having one end closed by a perforated metallic disk, is passed through an aperture in the end of the bag, the tube tting tightly in the aperture and disk being on inside of bag. The portion of tube outside of the bag is threaded, so as to turn into another metallic disk, the material of bag being thus firmly held between the two disks and tube T kept in place. The end of tube T is provided with a cap, by which itmay be closed when it is desired to retain oil in bag S.

I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The combination, in an oil-distributingapparatus, of a flexible bag perforated at one end and having a device for closing said perforations, and a system of cords connected with a suspending-rope passing around said bag and each crossing itself through a ring or loop attached to the top thereof, said cords acting to contract said bag and retain it as contracted, substantially as set forth.

EDWARD WILLIAMS. Witnesses:

Jas. B. KANE, BENJAMIN PHILLIPS. 

